What a Difference a Year Makes

Since I began learning how to do astrophotography post-processing over the past year or so, there as been a definite change for the better in the end results. I have put a few examples below. The differences are mainly down to taking an increased number of exposures per image and improvements in processing skills and software. Here are a few examples.

The Monkey Head Nebula . I had considered this one of my fairly good images.

Monkey Head redux, this time in Hubble Palette using Veralux Alchemy script in Siril.

The Rosette Nebula in RGB.

The Rosette, also strangely in RGB. More processing time and better software to bring out more blue.

The adorable Cocoon Nebula in RGB. I was probably was too light on the star stretching here.

The Cocoon Nebula in Hubble Palette using the Veralux Alchemy script in Siril.

To see some truly awful astrophotography, you can go back to some of my early Hubble Challenge posts. You can find these posts by clicking on Hubble Challenge category link at the top of the page.

The (Not so) Rural Pennsylvanian

What a Difference a Year Makes

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